시공에 들어간 지 5개월이 지난 캘리포니아 수자원지구 소재 Padre 댐에 새로운 고급 수질 정화 시범 사업(AWPDP)이 도입된다. 이에 대한 기념 행사가 캘리포니아 산티(Santee)의 9390 N. Fanita Parkway에서 지난 4월 10일 프로젝트 개최됐다.

AWPDP는 지난 2014년 10월, 캘리포니아 주에 지속되고 있는 가뭄과 수도요금 증가 문제를 해결하기 위해 처음 도입된 프로그램으로, 동부지역에 새로운 식수원을 제공하기 위한 목적으로 고안됐다.

 

 

 

After more than five months under construction, the Padre Dam Municipal Water District of California is celebrating the grand opening of its new Advanced Water Purification Demonstration Project (AWPDP) this week.

 

The District will host the project's launch on Friday, April 10, at 10:30 a.m., at its site on 9390 N. Fanita Parkway in the city of Santee, Calif. VIP tours will also be offered immediately following the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

 

AWPDP broke ground in October 2014 in light of the state's ongoing drought and the continuous rise of imported water costs (see "CA district breaks ground on advanced water purification demonstration project"). The program was designed with the intent to provide East County will a new source of potable water.

 

Funded through a $3-million Proposition-50 grant from the Department of Water Resources, the project will use four advanced water purification technologies -- free chlorine disinfection, membrane filtration, reverse osmosis, and ultraviolet/advanced oxidation -- to provide water that is safe, reliable, locally-controlled, and drought-proof.

 

AWPDP is expected to last approximately three years and will operate for at least one year. During this time, it will produce approximately 100,000 gallons of purified water per day, which will be tested daily to ensure that it meets the public health objectives for California Health Department approval.

 

If the demonstration project is deemed successful and moves forward, it would have the potential to provide up to 3 million gallons of water per day, or up to 2,000 to 3,000 acre-feet of water per year, to Padre Dam customers -- approximately 15 percent of the District's current drinking water demands. 

 

Interested participants of Padre Dam's AWPDP grand opening can RSVP here by Tuesday, April 7.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 4월 7일]